Current
>>Named a new member of New Dramatists, Class of 2025
>>In residence at The Hermitage Artist Retreat in Florida, May 2018
>>2018 Drama Desk Award Nominations announced
The Lucky Ones nominated for:
Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical: Damon Daunno
Outstanding Music
Outstanding Lighting for a Musical: Amith Chandrashaker
>>2018 Drama League Award Nominations announced
Hundred Days nominated for Outstanding Production of a Musical
>>2018 Lucille Lortel Award Nominations announced.
7 nominations for team Bengson/Gancher/Kauffman/Tayeh :
Outstanding Musical: Hundred Days
Outstanding Choreographer: Sonya Tayeh, The Lucky Ones
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Musical: Damon Daunno, The Lucky Ones
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Musical: Abigail Bengson, Hundred Days
Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical:
Maryann Plunkett, The Lucky Ones
Myra Lucretia Taylor, The Lucky Ones
Adina Verson, The Lucky Ones
>>World Premiere of new musical The Lucky Ones at Ars Nova
by The Bengsons and Sarah Gancher,
Directed by Anne Kauffman
Spring 2018
commissioned by Ars Nova
>>Run of Hundred Days at La Jolla Playhouse
by The Bengsons and Sarah Gancher
Directed by Anne Kauffman
September 22 — October 21, 2018
>>Seder named one of five finalists (out of 800) for the
Marin Theater Company Sky Cooper New American New Play Prize
>>Spring 2018: The Place We Built selected as Top 10 in the Jewish Play Project's Best of the First 10 Years
>>Summer 2018: Writing Residency at The Hermitage
>>Spring 2018: Teaching playwriting at NYU Tisch's Department of Dramatic Writing
and at ESPA
>>Run of Hundred Days at New York Theater Workshop
by The Bengsons and Sarah Gancher
Directed by Anne Kauffman
November — December 2017
>>Seder wins a TCG Edgerton Foundation New Play Award
>>World Premiere of Seder at Hartford Stage
Directed by Elizabeth Williamson
October 19 — November 12 2017
>>World Premiere of I'll Get You Back Again at Round House Theatre
Directed by Rachel Chavkin
October 4 — 29, 2017
>>Commissioned by Asolo Rep for the 2018 season
>>Fall 2017: Teaching second year grad playwriting at The New School
Recent
>>Commissioned by Second City Theatricals to adapt My Age of Anxiety by Scott Stossel
>> World Premiere of THE MA NISHTANAH PLAYS
New plays by Susan Bernfield, Sarah Gancher, MJ Kaufman and Shais Rishon
asking what it means to be Jewish now (in this political moment)
Directed by Pironne Yousefzadeh
Dramaturgy by Abigail Katz
presented by the Jewish Plays Project
at the 14th Street Y
June 15th & 17th @ 7 pm
My play is called Shocking But Not Surprising (Megdöbbentő, De Nem Meglepő)
>>In residence at The Orchard Project, June 2017
>>Seder selected as Finalist for Premiere Stages' Play Festival 2017
Staged reading directed by John Wooten
>>Spring 2017: Adjunct Professor at NYU Tisch's Department of Dramatic Writing (grad & undergrad)
>>Spring 2017: Guest Artist teaching playwriting at...
- NYU/Playwrights Horizons (undergrad)
- New School (grad)
- ESPA/Primary Stages (professional development)
>> NYC premiere of new musical Hundred Days
Music by The Bengsons, book by The Bengsons and Sarah Gancher,
directed by Anne Kauffmann
January 2017 at the Public Theatre's Under The Radar Festival
>>I'll Get You Back Again workshop/reading at Seattle Rep
directed by Rachel Chavkin
December 12, 2016 @ 7pm
>>Seder workshop/reading at Hartford Stage
directed by Elizabeth Williamson
November 2016
>>Guest Artist at NYU Tisch/Playwrights Horizons, Fall 2016
>> The Place We Built wins the AR Gurney Prize, May 2016
>> In Residence at Vineyard Arts Project and Ars Nova, June—July 2016
Working on The Lucky Ones with The Bengsons
in collaboration with director Anne Kauffman and choreographer Sonya Tayeh
>> Writing Hundred Days with The Bengsons
>> The Place We Built at The Flea
directed by Danya Taymor
Production extended through May 30 2016
>>Two Honorable Mentions (Top 14.4%) on The Kilroys' 2016 List: I'll Get You Back Again and Seder.
>>In Residence at SPACE on Ryder Farm, October 2015
>> Interviewed by Adam Szymkowicz here
>>Four Honorable Mentions on The Kilroys' 2015 List: Duet, I'll Get You Back Again, Seder, and The Place We Built.
>>The Place We Built staged reading in the Women's Voices Theater Festival with Mosaic Theater Company of DC
Staged Reading
Directed by Eleanor Holdridge
October 19, 2015 @ 7:30 pm
National Museum of Women in the Arts
>> I'll Get You Back Again in Steppenwolf's First Look Festival
Workshop & staged reading
Directed by Rachel Chavkin
Steppenwolf
August 13, 2015 @ 7 pm
August 15, 2015 @ 8 pm
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The Lucky Ones nominated for:
Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical: Damon Daunno
Outstanding Music
Outstanding Lighting for a Musical: Amith Chandrashaker
>>2018 Drama League Award Nominations announced
Hundred Days nominated for Outstanding Production of a Musical
>>2018 Lucille Lortel Award Nominations announced.
7 nominations for team Bengson/Gancher/Kauffman/Tayeh :
Outstanding Musical: Hundred Days
Outstanding Choreographer: Sonya Tayeh, The Lucky Ones
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Musical: Damon Daunno, The Lucky Ones
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Musical: Abigail Bengson, Hundred Days
Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical:
Maryann Plunkett, The Lucky Ones
Myra Lucretia Taylor, The Lucky Ones
Adina Verson, The Lucky Ones
>>World Premiere of new musical The Lucky Ones at Ars Nova
by The Bengsons and Sarah Gancher,
Directed by Anne Kauffman
Spring 2018
commissioned by Ars Nova
>>Run of Hundred Days at La Jolla Playhouse
by The Bengsons and Sarah Gancher
Directed by Anne Kauffman
September 22 — October 21, 2018
>>Seder named one of five finalists (out of 800) for the
Marin Theater Company Sky Cooper New American New Play Prize
>>Spring 2018: The Place We Built selected as Top 10 in the Jewish Play Project's Best of the First 10 Years
>>Summer 2018: Writing Residency at The Hermitage
>>Spring 2018: Teaching playwriting at NYU Tisch's Department of Dramatic Writing
and at ESPA
>>Run of Hundred Days at New York Theater Workshop
by The Bengsons and Sarah Gancher
Directed by Anne Kauffman
November — December 2017
>>Seder wins a TCG Edgerton Foundation New Play Award
>>World Premiere of Seder at Hartford Stage
Directed by Elizabeth Williamson
October 19 — November 12 2017
>>World Premiere of I'll Get You Back Again at Round House Theatre
Directed by Rachel Chavkin
October 4 — 29, 2017
>>Commissioned by Asolo Rep for the 2018 season
>>Fall 2017: Teaching second year grad playwriting at The New School
Recent
>>Commissioned by Second City Theatricals to adapt My Age of Anxiety by Scott Stossel
>> World Premiere of THE MA NISHTANAH PLAYS
New plays by Susan Bernfield, Sarah Gancher, MJ Kaufman and Shais Rishon
asking what it means to be Jewish now (in this political moment)
Directed by Pironne Yousefzadeh
Dramaturgy by Abigail Katz
presented by the Jewish Plays Project
at the 14th Street Y
June 15th & 17th @ 7 pm
My play is called Shocking But Not Surprising (Megdöbbentő, De Nem Meglepő)
>>In residence at The Orchard Project, June 2017
>>Seder selected as Finalist for Premiere Stages' Play Festival 2017
Staged reading directed by John Wooten
>>Spring 2017: Adjunct Professor at NYU Tisch's Department of Dramatic Writing (grad & undergrad)
>>Spring 2017: Guest Artist teaching playwriting at...
- NYU/Playwrights Horizons (undergrad)
- New School (grad)
- ESPA/Primary Stages (professional development)
>> NYC premiere of new musical Hundred Days
Music by The Bengsons, book by The Bengsons and Sarah Gancher,
directed by Anne Kauffmann
January 2017 at the Public Theatre's Under The Radar Festival
>>I'll Get You Back Again workshop/reading at Seattle Rep
directed by Rachel Chavkin
December 12, 2016 @ 7pm
>>Seder workshop/reading at Hartford Stage
directed by Elizabeth Williamson
November 2016
>>Guest Artist at NYU Tisch/Playwrights Horizons, Fall 2016
>> The Place We Built wins the AR Gurney Prize, May 2016
>> In Residence at Vineyard Arts Project and Ars Nova, June—July 2016
Working on The Lucky Ones with The Bengsons
in collaboration with director Anne Kauffman and choreographer Sonya Tayeh
>> Writing Hundred Days with The Bengsons
>> The Place We Built at The Flea
directed by Danya Taymor
Production extended through May 30 2016
>>Two Honorable Mentions (Top 14.4%) on The Kilroys' 2016 List: I'll Get You Back Again and Seder.
>>In Residence at SPACE on Ryder Farm, October 2015
>> Interviewed by Adam Szymkowicz here
>>Four Honorable Mentions on The Kilroys' 2015 List: Duet, I'll Get You Back Again, Seder, and The Place We Built.
>>The Place We Built staged reading in the Women's Voices Theater Festival with Mosaic Theater Company of DC
Staged Reading
Directed by Eleanor Holdridge
October 19, 2015 @ 7:30 pm
National Museum of Women in the Arts
>> I'll Get You Back Again in Steppenwolf's First Look Festival
Workshop & staged reading
Directed by Rachel Chavkin
Steppenwolf
August 13, 2015 @ 7 pm
August 15, 2015 @ 8 pm
Click here for Archives